FastFeed T1 vs Downpour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FastFeed T1
This app provides a multi-tab interface for browsing social media feeds, allowing users to organize and quickly access favorite blogs. It offers grid and detail layouts for content viewing and supports posting various content types offline.
- Multi-tab browsing
- Grid/Detail layout options
- Custom feed collections
- Fullscreen image viewer
- Offline posting
- Portrait/landscape support
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(This app is outdated. The new 'FastFeed T2' is available. This old version is kept on download to allow in-app purchase owners to migrate their previous purchases to new version.) The most powerful way of looking Tumblr: So many Tumblrs and photos to look around? Need a grouping? Bookmark or quick access to your favorite blogs? This app's multi-tab feature will be a definitive answer. ~ [About FastFeed] FastFeed is a series of iOS app that provides the 'Multi-tab' navigation for various social network services. FastFeed is currently available for Facebook, Tumblr and 500px. Feature Highlights • Multi-tab: Each feed is opened on a new tab. The tab has menus such as ‘Close This’, ‘Close All But This’ and ‘Tab History’. It also supports auto-hide/restore. • Grid/Detail Layout: Grid for fast scanning, Detail for full size content viewing. You can switch both layouts easily by tap/swipe gesture. • FeedSet: You can create a custom collection of feeds. More Features • Smart Paging: Scrolling stops at the beginning of a nearest content. • Fullscreen image viewer supports endless scroll of all the photos in a feed. Slide show also supported. • Flexible content layout supports both portrait and landscape orientation. • Universal app for both iPhone and iPad. Support iPad multitasking(Slide Over, Split View, PIP). Specifically for Tumblr • Can post any type of content: photo, video, quotes, chats, links and text. • Offline posting - you can post anytime. • Known limitations on Tumblr: ask/reply, fan mail, notifications, tracking tags are disabled. (not provided by Tumblr API).
Downpour
Experience a streamlined way to view content from a popular blogging platform. This app offers faster loading and a focused interface for videos, photos, and text posts, avoiding issues found in other clients.
- Lightweight third-party client
- Focused content viewing
- Faster loading times
- Dashboard viewing
- Supports videos, photos, and text
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Downpour is a lightweight third party Tumblr client. No more crashes in the official app. With Downpour, you will be focused on videos, photos, or text of a post. Viewing your Dashboard has never been such easy. Also enjoy faster loading. Let us know in the review if you have any question, suggestion or feedback. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FastFeed T1 at 81% against Downpour's 33%. FastFeed T1 also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. FastFeed T1 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Downpour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FastFeed T1 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of FastFeed T1's written reviews are positive against 33% of Downpour's.
FastFeed T1 ships an update every 2 weeks, Downpour monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FastFeed T1 | Downpour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Concerto | Yao Fan |
Customer experience
FastFeed T1
Downpour
Bugs and requests
FastFeed T1
Reported bugs
22 issues- App crashes on startup
- App stops loading after a few swipes
- Videos don't remember audio settings
- Cannot save photos directly to phone
- Video control buttons are small and close to ads
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- Smooth video scrolling destroyed
- Volume control is only on or off
- App crashes after buying upgrade
- GIFs download as pictures
- Copy/paste doesn't work with GIFs
- App freezes or crashes frequently
- Cannot log in after latest update
- App closes after screen pops up
- Cannot answer questions
- Sidebar recommended blogs don't change
- App is going slower than usual
- App crashes on iPod often
- Crashes when uploading pics on iPhone 6
- Loading time on first startup is very long
- Random crashes, especially when transitioning layouts
- Double tap to like removed or prohibited?
- Crashing when clicking on followers on profile
Requested features
22 requests- Desktop version
- Add 200+ blogs to feedsets
- Enable endless scrolling in grid view
- Hold reblog for quick reblog/sideblogs
- Feedback option in side menu
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- App scheme URL for launchers
- Change app color
- Dark mode
- Ability to group following blogs into tabs
- Navigation gestures from official app (double tap to zoom, etc.)
- Password protect feature/PIN code
- Chromecast support
- Multiple account management
- Ability to like and reblog from grid view
- Login with different username in a tab
- Clear cache option
- Blacklist tags feature
- Support for photoset layouts
- View activity (followers, likes, reblogs)
- Reply to anon messages
- Look up other blogs by name
- Auto-post to specific social sites
Downpour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FastFeed T1
- Donate to Support (Level 1)$0.99
- Unlock FeedSet Limit$1.99
- Donate to Support (Level 2)$3.99
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- Donate to Support (Level 3)$7.99
- Ad Remove + Tab Options$19.99
Downpour
- Downpour Ad Free Browsing3 Days trial$1.497 Days
- Downpour Ad-Free Browsing7 Days trial$3.991 Month








